Fixed resilient clip to hold articles



JUIY 7 1953 y w. N. ALEsHlN l 2,644,216

FIXEDRESILIENT CLIP TO HOLD ARTICLES Filed June 1v, 195o JNVENToR.MLU/7M lV. Hugs/,mv

Patented July 7, 1953 j 1 UNI-TED liSTATES PATENT OFFICE l Y 2,644,216FIXED RESILIENT CLIP To' HOLD ARTICLES William N. Aleshin, SouthWindsor, Conn;

y Application Juneiv, 195o, seria1N0.16s,v14'

This invention relates to clips and more particularly to clips which areadapted to be attached to a tobacco lath for detachably receivingindividual tobacco stalksV or bunches of tobacco leaves. l

It is an object of my invention to provide a novel spring 'clip whichwill facilitate'the attachment of tobacco stalks to the lath upon whicha plurality of my improved clips are fastened, and also the handling ofthe lath with the said stalks attached thereto.

-A further object is the provision of a spring clip which fis expandableto receive stalks of tobacco plants, bunches of leaves or stems ofindividual leaves.

A further object of this invention is the provision of such a springclip which may be used for supporting various articles, such as broomsand other tools, and which may be readily attached to or detached from amember upon which the said clip is mounted.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will be more clearlyunderstood from the following description and from the accompanyingdrawings in which: i

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a portion of a lath having a plurality of myimproved clips fastened thereto, one of the clips being shown in centralhorizontal section and the other clips being shown supporting tobaccostalks of different s1zes.

Fig. 2 is a front view of said lath portion showing tobacco stalksattached thereto; one of the clips being shown in central verticalsection.

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the lath showing the swivel operation of theclips thereon.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the clip showing the same in position to beattached to or detached from the lath.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modified form of spring clip.

Fig. '7 is a front view of said modified form of clip.

Fig. 8 is aplan view illustrating a further modified form of springclip.

Fig. 9 is a front view thereof.

As illustrated in the drawings, the numeral 5 denotes a tobacco lath ofconventional. form such as commonly constructed of Wood or othersuitable material.

The present invention provides a series of spring clips 6 which arespaced upon the lath and attached thereto preferably by means of afastening member such as a nail 1 or the like.

end. In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 6

1 Claim. (o1.` 24-259)l raised projection I2 with-a reversely extendingv free edge portion which` is adapted to rest upon the surface of thelath 5 to facilitate the inser' tionof a tobacco leaf or stalk or steminto the loop 8. The said foot portion is also preferably formed with anotch YI3 for receiving the shank of the nail 'I underneath the headthereof and the said notch opens into a slit I4 which forms an engagingtongue I5 for ,retaining the clip in engagement with the nail. j

The lead portion I0 is preferably provided by an extension from the loop8; the said portion extending outwardly and back over the loop toprovide a guard which engages the tobacco stalk or stem and opens theloop 8 to permit entry of said stalk or stem into the loop.

The finger II is formed as an extension from the lead portion III andmay be cut from a portion of the loop 8 leaving a slot I6 in said loopwhich will render more flexible the receiving portion ofthe loop. Itwill vbe noted that the said finger II is curved concavely so as to moreadequately engage the surface of the stalk or stem and retain it in thepositions clearly illustrated `in Fig. 1.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, the said spring clips are attached to the lathby simply opening the clip to an extent wherein the tongue I5 will beraised above the head of the nail 'I, which has previously been driveninto the lath the required distance, so that the said clip may beslipped over the nail by permitting the said head to pass under thetongue. placing clips when necessary.

As illustrated in Fig. 4, the said clips will swivel upon the nail 1 andthereby permit the tobacco leaves to hang vertically When the lath isturned towards a vertical position such as it assumes when being handedto a person who is hanging the lath or when the lath is hung by one and7, the lead portion IIl-a of the clip is doubled back upon itself toprovide the spring nger I I-a.. This formv of clip eliminates thenecessity of cutting the nger out of the material of the loop and, inaddition, provides a retaining finger of greater strength than thefinger in the form of clip illustrated in Fig. 1.

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 8 and This provides forreadily re-v 9, the loop 8b has a widened portion I1 from which a pairof lead portions l-IS project for- Wardly.V These lead portions are thenbent' rearwardly upon themselves and extend to the opposite side of theloop adjacent the sides thereof. It will be noted that, in this modiedform, the foot portion extends forwardly for a greater distance than inthe other forms and has a higher raised projection IZ-b for moresecurely retaining the stalk or stem of the tobacco in position withinthe loop.

vIn the use of my improved lath, the stalks orv Y stems of the tobaccoare inserted into the loops of the spring clips by simply beingmovedagainst f v the lead portions of the clips with a rolling motion ina counterclockwise direction.

This motion will tend to raise the lead portion.

of the clip outwardly so as to open the clip and permit entrance of thestalk or stem into-the'VV loop wherein the spring `tension in the loopwill cause the nger portion il to be pressed int-o .contact with thesaid stalks -or stems vand thereby securely retain the tobacco inposition upon .the lath.

, When it is rvdesired tostrip the tobacco from the lath, it is simplynecessary to remove it with a sweeping movement from left to right whichl movement will cause the individual pieces of tobacco to force theclips open and thereby permit passage of the tobacco out of the loops.In thisymanner, the tobacco may be quickly stripped from a lath by asingle sweeping motion of the hand leaving all of the tobacco from thelath in a bunch in the hand `0f the operator.

I'claim: v

-A spring cl-ip constructed of asingle strip of ing a retaining tongueand a slot extending from vsaid slit to receive the shank of a fasteningmem- ;ber underneath the head thereof; the said tongue being normallydisposed in front of said slot to prevent'the `passage of the shank fromthe slot,

but being bendable to permit removal of the tongue from in front of theslot to thereby permit the'passage of the shank into the slot, and alead portion on the foot portion bent upwardly from the jplane of `thefoot portion and projecting into the said receiving opening to guide amember over the head ofthe saidfastening -membern WIDLAM N. ,ALESHIN. f

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